LAFCPUG various announcements

[Michael Horton]

On Tuesday May 3, lafcpug will host "The Los Angeles Debut of FCP 5 and Soundtrack Pro." http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule_etc.html

FCP Product designer Brian Meaney and others from the FCP team will be down to demo and take questions and feed back. The show will be open to the public.

For those of you who cant make it to this meeting and have questions you feel need to be asked, please send them to fcpquest@yahoo.com. Lisa Brenneis and myself will sort through them all and pick what we consider the "top ten." We will then present them to Brian and the FCP team and publish the answers at lafcpug.org and here shortly thereafter.

Send as many questions as you like

Spread the word

Michael Horton
lafcpug
http://www.lafcpug.org

[Michael Horton]

Join us on Wednesday April 27 where, for the very first time in the history of lafcpug, we will devote the entire evening to Show and Tells. Each filmmaker will be given 10 minutes each to show their movie or clips from their movie and then tell us how they did it. It's about time we did this and we hope to do this more often. So join us, will you. Starts 6:45PM

Agenda (subject to change)

6:45- 7:15PM - Stump the Gurus
Join FCP Guru Ken Stone, and special guest gurus, Andrew Balis and Steve Martin as they will attempt to answer all of your questions and solve all of your problems concerning FCP. If they can't solve your problem or answer your How 2, then you go home with a problem but you still got out of the house, so that's not a bad thing.


7:20PM - 7:30PM - "Formosa" - Noah Kadner
Director Noah Kadner will show clips from "Formosa," his film,which just won best comedy at the Garden State Film Fest. The film was shot using the Panasonic SDX900 and edited on FCP.


7:35PM - 7:45PM - "Wake Up Dead" - Jonas Navickas
From Jonah:
The short film "Wake Up Dead" was written, directed and co-edited by Jonas Navickas while studying at the L.A. Film School. Shot on 24pHDCAM, Final Cut Pro was utilized to edit the film, both offline and online. "Wake Up Dead" was an official selection of the 2003 New York City Horror Film Festival and will soon be a part of Fangoria TV programming.
Jonas Navickas lives in Silverlake, edits exclusively on Final Cut Pro, and has several projects in various stages of production.
http://homepage.mac.com/jnavickas/iMovieTheater1.html
http://cultcuts.net/shortsF.htm#wakeupdead


7:50PM - 8:00PM - "Tune Up To Success" - Dale Ellis
From Dale:
Working primarily with legacy footage shot over a few years, freelance producer Dale Ellis edited an infomercial to promote a series of seminars by top-charting jazz musician Freddie Ravel. The video shows business and non-profit organizations why booking Freddie's "Tune Up To Success" seminars will make their next conference a hit by sampling his ideas, musical performances and endorsements


8:05PM - 8:15PM - "vermillion" - Tony Petrossian
From Tony:
Who Am I?
Tony Petrossian. I'm a music video director signed to a small production company out of NY and LA called Rockhard Films. I've done videos for artists such as Hoobastank, DMX, and Slipknot. I've directed over 30 videos over that last 3 years and have mostly edited my own stuff on Final Cut. . .
What I'll be Showing:
One of my recent vids is for Slipknot's "vermillion" where we shot the whole thing on digital still photos and sequenced them in quicktime and cut in final cut. . .
www.rhfilms.com (click on my name and you can watch some of my work)



8:20PM - 8:30PM - "San Francisco, 1957" - Laurie Pepper
From Laurie:
I'm an independent filmmaker working on a documentary based on "Straightlife," the book I wrote with my late husband, jazz musician, Art Pepper. I'm using Art's music and his voice as narration. The movie includes enacted sequences and various kinds of animation. The clip is part of the work-in-progress, but I think it does okay as a stand-alone short film. It's called "San Francisco, 1957" and is a little over 7 minutes long with opening and end titles. -- Laurie Pepper
Check out websites below.
http://straightlife.org
http://homepage.mac.com/nowsthetime/


8:30PM - 8:40PM - "Cool Web Docs for Apple Ed" - Marco Torres
Marco Torres is an Apple Distinguished Educator, George Lucas Educational Foundation board Member, producer, photographer, digital storyteller, and a social studies and media teacher at San Fernando High School, home of the famous San Fernando Education Technology Team. I have been making mini-web documentaries for Apple. I am going to show about 3 min cool demo reel of the work I have done over the last 8 months for Apple. The function of these movies is to engage people in conversations about what schools would look like, if all kids had 24/7 access to the powerful production tool of an Apple Powerbook for their learning, living, and creative needs and wants.



8:40PM - 9:00PM - Break
This is a chance to hang out and meet and greet and get your problems solved. Intelligent Assistance will be in Lobby selling their latest creations, and talking about the new Pro Apps Hub. Ripple Training will be on hand to show off all their great DVD tutorials. Snacks and Beer and Wine will be on sale in the lobby. Proceeds go to the Gallery Theater.


9:00PM - 9:10PM - "Gaytino - Daniel Foster
From Daniel:
Selections from projection design for a one man show, "Gaytino," that recently premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theater * about the life of Dan Guerrero and notables in his life: Chicano painter Carlos Almaraz, Cesar Chavez, and Dan's father, Lalo Guerrero, the legendary "Father of Chicano Music," who died last month, in March.


9:10PM - 9:20PM - "House of Generals" - Dan Spigel
From Dan:
I'm Dan Spigel Producer Director of House of the Generals.A seven year project. self finance 103 min feature. No stock footage. All original battle scenes. Film contains actual WWII Tanks and Planes. A holocaust based film that has been receiving good reviews. Shot in Beta SP, DV, 16mm.
Hollywood screening planned at the Hollywood Regent in Late July 05.
www.houseofthegenerals.com


9:25PM - 9:35PM - Untitled - Jeremy Saville
From Jeremy:
Jeremy Saville is an Actor/Writer/Filmmaker who's made several DV shorts. His films have been finalists at The Second City Film Festival and have been featured at The Austin Film Festival. His show ComedyLight was chosen as pick of the week by "The New Times", and he's currently working on a pilot for television.


9:40PM - 9:50PM - "Asylum" - Tony Mark
From Tony:
LAFCPUG member Tony Mark (tonymark.com) will be showing a trailer from his latest feature film "Asylum". Shot on the Panasonic 100a and edited in FCP, Tony will show some of the strengths of the camera and a slew of the effects of FCP. Tony was last in last year when he showed us part of his film "The Mailman" which has since sold to distributors and
if time allows, will take some questions on getting distribution on digital features.


10:00 - World Famous Raffle

For all the details including directions to the Gallery Theater go to http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

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Michael Horton
"HeadCutter"
Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group
http://www.lafcpug.org

[Michael Horton]

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will meet Wednesday, May 25 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in Hollywood Ca. Scheduled to appear will be a demo of "What's New in DVD Studio Pro 4," by Apple's Brian Hoffman and DVD Guru, Bruce Nazarian. In addition, Micronet will show off their SanCube SAN storage solution. Plus, FCP 5 tips and tricks, Show and Tells, Stump the Gurus, and “World Famous Raffle.”

Meeting is open to the public on a first come first seated basis. There will be a $5.00 donation respectfully requested at the door.

For complete agenda and directions to the Gallery Theater, visit the lafcpug web site

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

[Michael Horton]

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) now with over 4000 members world wide, will mark its fifth year anniversary, Wednesday, June 22 at the Gallery Theater in Hollywood Ca. On the agenda is a look at the SD, HD and 2K color corrector, Final Touch by Silicon Color. Plus tips and tricks for Low budget/No budget filmmakers, encoding with Compressor, fact and fiction about Apple's move to Intel, more on FCP 5, Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells, and World Famous Raffle.

The meeting is open to the public and will begin at 6:45PM with doors opening at 6:00PM There will be a $5.00 donation respectfully requested at the door.
For complete agenda and directions to the Gallery Theater, visit the lafcpug web site http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

[Michael Horton]

It will be “Boris and the Duck Night” at the next meeting of the LA Final Cut Pro User Group, (lafcpug) Wednesday July 27 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in East Hollywood CA.

Scheduled to present will be Ann Renehan from Boris FX who will show off the latest versions of FX and Graffiti. Plus Wes Plate will show us the latest and greatest version of Automatic Duck Pro Export 3.0. Plus our annual visit by the students of SFETT, http://www.sfett.net/index.html who will show off their work and talk about the iCan Film Festival, August 6 in San Fernando, CA. Plus more on FCP 5, Show and Tells, Stump the Gurus, and World Famous Raffle. Doors open at 6:00PM and there will be a $5.00 donation respectfully requested at the door.

For complete agenda and directions to the Gallery Theater, visit the lafcpug web site. http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

[Michael Horton]

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will hold it’s next monthly meeting, Wednesday, Sept 28 at the Gallery Theater in E. Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. It will be “HDV and Traffic Night.” Scheduled on the agenda will be the world premier of xmedit's TRAFFIC. Plus, "How to Edit HDV Natively presented by Academy Award nominated filmmakers, Chuck and Marilyn Braverman and editor Rob King. Also “Editing HDV Non Natively” presented by Brad Wright." Plus AJA,’s brand new KONA LH Capture card will make its LA debut, demoed by Ted Schilowitz. Rounding out the evening will be another round of Stump the Gurus, Show and Tells, and World Famous Raffle.

For complete details on the agenda and directions to the Gallery Theater, visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

This meeting is open to the public and a $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door

[Michael Horton]

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will welcome Academy Award winning Film Editor/Sound Designer Walter Murch to its next meeting, Wednesday, Oct 26 at the Gallery theatre in East Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. Mr. Murch will talk about the unique workflow he and his editing team used on the film “Jarhead,” directed by Academy Award winning director, Sam Mendes and slated for a US release in November, 2005

Also on the agenda will be Show and tells, 2 new free FCP Plug-ins by Marcus Herrick, and more.

Tickets are now on sale ($12.00) at the lafcpug web site where you can also get much more info including directions to the Gallery Theatre.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

[Michael Horton]

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will welcome Huge Systems and the Panasonic AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD Camcorder Wednesday, November 16 at the Gallery theatre in E. Hollywood, CA. beginning at 6:45PM.

Huge Systems will discuss storage solutions that integrate quite nicely with Apple’s Xsan, while reps from Panasonic will discuss the AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD’s much talked about P2 card and workflow with Final Cut Pro. Also on the agenda is a demo of the 3D app, Kinemac. Rounding out the evening will be another round of Stump the Gurus, Show and Tells and World famous Raffle. A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For complete agenda and directions to the gallery theatre, please visit the lafcpug web site
http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

[Jacques Mersereau]

Hey Michael,

Do you (or Jan) know if this will be a fully functional unit?
(From info I read on the CML list the HVX200 at HD Expo was not.)

[Michael Horton]

Have no idea if cam will even be there. Hope it will as they hinted it might. Evening will be more about the P2 workflow and all the confusing stuff surrounding it.

[Michael Horton]

FCP Users to Gather at DV Expo West

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will once again play host to hundreds of FCP Users and Gurus at this years DV Expo West to be held at the LA Convention Center, Wednesday, Dec 7, beginning at 7:00PM.

Scheduled to appear will be Academy Award winning Steadicam inventor and cameraman, Garrett Brown who will show off his brand new "Merlin." Plus Apple will be down to show the just announced tool for Pro Photographers, Aperture. Also scheduled to appear will be AJA’s Ted Schilowitz who will demo the new Kona LHe capture card. FCP Gurus Steve Martin and Brian Gary will show you exactly how to take your movie from Final Cut Pro to your Video iPod. And, if that isn’t enough, there will be a raffle with prizes totaling into the thousands of dollars.

Space is limited and seating is on a first come first served basis. More information including registration instructions and directions to the LA convention Center can be found on the lafcpug web site
http://www.lafcpug.org/dvexpo.html

[Michael Horton]

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will once again play host to hundreds of FCP Users and Gurus at this years DV Expo West to be held at the LA Convention Center, Wednesday, Dec 7, beginning at 7:00PM.

Scheduled to appear will be Academy Award winning Steadicam inventor and cameraman, Garrett Brown who will show off the brand new just shipping "Merlin." Plus Apple's Kirk Paulson will be down to show the just announced tool for Pro Photographers, Aperture. Also scheduled to appear will be AJA's Ted Schilowitz who will demo the new Kona LHe capture card. FCP Gurus Steve Martin and Brian Gary will show you exactly how to take your movie from Final Cut Pro to your Video iPod. Plus Don Berube will show footage and show off the new Canon XLH1 HDV camcorder. And, if that isn't enough, there will be a raffle with prizes totaling into the thousands of dollars.

Space is limited and seating is on a first come first served basis. Admission is free. More information including registration instructions and directions to the LA convention Center can be found on the lafcpug web site

http://www.lafcpug.org/dvexpo.html

[Michael Horton]

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group, (lafcpug) along with leaders from the San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and other FCP User Groups will unite at the Mezzanine Club in San Francisco Ca. as part of the Macworld Expo festivities, Wednesday, Jan 11, beginning at 7:00PM.

On the agenda will be Academy Award winning film editor and sound designer, Walter Murch who will talk about his experiences with Final Cut Pro on the recent film Jarhead and take questions from the audience

Also scheduled to appear will be Apple’s Phil Jackson and Alec Little who will show off and talk about Soundtrack Pro.

Panasonic will show footage and talk about the brand new camcorder, the HVX200

A raffle with prizes totaling into the thousands of dollars will wrap up the evening.

Tickets are on sale now for $15.00 each and this event is expected to sell out quickly. Doors will open at 6:00PM and seating will be first come, first served.

Food and drinks will be available

For more details on the agenda, where to buy the tickets, a list of raffle prizes and directions to the Mezzanine Club, log onto the lafcpug web site.
http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld.html

[Chris Hurd]

If I volunteer to help out at the door, will that get me in? See you there, Michael!

[Michael Horton]

No. But we need somone to sing the Star Spangled Banner to open the show. That will get you in. :-)

You are very welcome Chris. Just bring a load of those cool flashlight pens and remind me to put your name on list as we get close to the event as it is close to selling out